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I just re-watched the whole original series again and had some questions about some things (that have probably been asked before, but are new to me).
1. In The Empire Strikes Back all the Rebels are trying to get off Hoth. Multiple transports are seen leaving and going through the Empire's blockade. My question with is this: why is the Millennium Falcon singled out and pursued relentlessly by Darth Vader even to the point of sustaining incredible damage in an asteroid field, yet no other craft is being pursued? Besides driving the plot, why is Darth so bent on wanting that ship and not excuses? Also, how does Vader know that torturing Solo will be setting a trap for Luke?
2. The Millennium Falcon team decides to go to Cloud City, but how does the Empire arrive right before they do? How did they know they were going there? I know that Bobba Fett follows them, but how does he know that that is where they are going and even if he does figure it out as they get closer to Bespin, how is he able to inform the Empire in advance enough for them to beat them there?
3. In Return of the Jedi, Solo and his team need to have the energy shield temporarily shut down so they can land on the moon of Endor. But why? The energy shield only surrounds the Death Star, not the entire moon. Couldn't they have just flown in from the other side of the moon and made their way around in the atmosphere to the landing place they needed? They landed covertly anyway. Then there would have been no need to risk commandeering a shuttle craft.
1. In The Empire Strikes Back all the Rebels are trying to get off Hoth. Multiple transports are seen leaving and going through the Empire's blockade. My question with is this: why is the Millennium Falcon singled out and pursued relentlessly by Darth Vader even to the point of sustaining incredible damage in an asteroid field, yet no other craft is being pursued? Besides driving the plot, why is Darth so bent on wanting that ship and not excuses? Also, how does Vader know that torturing Solo will be setting a trap for Luke?
2. The Millennium Falcon team decides to go to Cloud City, but how does the Empire arrive right before they do? How did they know they were going there? I know that Bobba Fett follows them, but how does he know that that is where they are going and even if he does figure it out as they get closer to Bespin, how is he able to inform the Empire in advance enough for them to beat them there?
3. In Return of the Jedi, Solo and his team need to have the energy shield temporarily shut down so they can land on the moon of Endor. But why? The energy shield only surrounds the Death Star, not the entire moon. Couldn't they have just flown in from the other side of the moon and made their way around in the atmosphere to the landing place they needed? They landed covertly anyway. Then there would have been no need to risk commandeering a shuttle craft.
